Triangles in Squares, AKA Hello, Baby Quilt

This next quilt sample, also completed for the Grand Forks Guild Bi-Annual Quilt Show, held August 30, 31, and September 1 of 2013, features the triangle in square blocks, as well as borders cut with the strip cutters.  I had only one meter of fabric to use for the star units, in the circus themed polka dot print in primary colours.

This quilt was made especially for a baby, but its unisex theme will grow with the child.  One single meter of the circus theme print, was all that I had, to work with.....  When I did the layout using EQ7, the quilt had one look to it.  When I did the trial layout, I discovered that I was one long triangle short of completing the quilt.  My actual layout changed due to that shortage.  There was no way I could go back and find another length of that fabric.  When it was cut, it was done.  All cuts were made using the Accuquilt Die Cutter, Studio model.

Hello, Baby! Quilt Top on the Clothesline

Closeup of Triangles in Squares Baby Quilt

I will most likely quilt this quilt with quilting in the hoop.  Its a blend of quilting and embroidery done on an embroidery machine with multiple sized hoops.  I can foresee an embroidered frog right in the centre of this quilt.

Winding Ways Affairs-aka Wheel of Mystery

This is another quilt on the cutting board.  I used the Winding Ways block available through Accuquilt, for use in cutting on the Studio cutter.  I mapped the layout using EQ7.  However, I did the colour mapping after I had already cut the fabric on the die cutter.  Sort of putting the cart before the horse.  Oh, well.  If this does not look exactly as the photo below, I can live with that.  

I have had it cut since last summer and will hopefully have it finished for the end of August, to take with me to the Grand Forks Quilt Guild Show, held in Grand Forks, BC, Canada.

Winding Ways Colour Map using EQ7

Design Layout Copyrighted 2013

The trays of colours are stacked and ready to stitch.  I am again using the built in walking foot on my machine, the quarter inch foot with blade on the far left, and stitch length of 2.0.  I am pressing my seams toward the darker colours.  I will post photos of the blocks in progress.  Using EQ7 has saved me hours of hand colouring blocks.  If I don't like one layout, I can easily change colours to create another one.  Save it and print it out for reference.

Close to the Finish Line-HST Carpenters' Star Quilt

Carpenters' Star Quilt, mapped out using EQ7.

I am completing an applique for the back of the Carpenters' Star quilt, aka the HST quilt.  HST refers to Half Square Triangles, not the Harmonized Sales Tax as we have in Canada, although not in BC, anymore.

The actual quilt was completed using fat quarters.  Whatever was in the grouping, was what was used in the quilt.  There are only two places on the interior of the quilt that show the same patterned fabric. The borders do have fabric that is consistent.  The interior of the quilt was constructed using a fat quarter frenzy.

I used the quarter inch foot with the blade on the far left, a single hole needle plate, and 2.0mm stitch length.  Straight stitching only. The walking foot on my Pfaff sewing machine was always  on.